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Attach gear housing covers, Prepare ascent module, Insert upper body tube – Estes 2110 - Outlander User Manual

Page 5: Cut & trim plastics parts, Assemble engine mount

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15. ATTACH GEAR HOUSING COVERS

A. Apply Carpenter's Glue

to Gear Housing as
shown. Attach cover.

B. Repeat for other three

legs. Let dry.

COMPLETED

ASSEMBLY

16. PREPARE ASCENT MODULE

A. Apply glue ring just

inside Upper Body
Tube as shown.

A. Sand Ascent Module openings

until Upper Body Tube fits
smoothly.

17. INSERT UPPER BODY TUBE

B. Slide tube over lower assembly

until it is flush with Lower
Centering Ring. Align launch
lug lines. Let Dry.

COMPLETED

ASSEMBLY

6. CUT & TRIM PLASTICS PARTS

CUT

CUT

CUT

CUT

CUT

7. ASSEMBLE ENGINE MOUNT

2 1/2"

(6.4 cm)

1"

(2.5 cm)

2 11/16"

(6.8 cm)

3 9/16"

(9 cm)

3 15/16"

(10 cm)

1/8"

COMPLETED MOUNT

Set aside to dry.

A. Using a razor saw, cut Ascent

Module/Nose Cone where shown.

B. Trim flash using a modeling knife or

sandpaper. Remove the two nibs as
shown for the launch lug holes.

DISCARD

DISCARD

DISCARD

C. Sand until flush.

D. Using a round file,

carefully clean four
slots out of Engine
Nozzle until flush.

COMPLETED

NOZZLE

A. First draw line full length of Engine Mount

Tube using door frame. Measure and mark
tube using a pencil as shown.

DOOR

FRAME

B. Make a 1/8" (3 mm) slit at

the 2 1/2" (6.4 cm) mark.

C. Insert Engine Hook into slit as shown.

Apply bead of glue around tube just
above the 1" (2.5 cm) mark.

D. Slide the green centering

ring down the tube to the
1" (2.5 cm) mark.

E. Glue the small 2" wooden dowel (supplied

pre-cut) to tube straight on line and flush
with end of Engiine Hook. Let dry.

F. Remove centering rings

from die-cut sheet. Sand
any nubs.

G. Slide the two Centering Rings

with holes down to the 2 11/16"
(6.8 cm) and 3 9/16" (9 cm)
marks.

H. Apply glue fillets to both sides

of Centering Rings. Let dry.

I. Slide Centering RIng with no notch over tube up to the

3 15/16" (10 cm) mark. Apply glue filles to both sides.

NOTE: You may want to primer, sand, and paint the
Nozzle and Nose Cone at this time. Don't finish the
Ascent Module yet. See PAINTING GUIDE (page 2).

NOTE: You may want to primer, sand, and paint the Ascent

Module at this time. See PAINTING GUIDE (page 2).

LAUNCH

LUG

HOLE

LAUNCH

LUG

HOLE

LOWER

CENTERING

RIING

C. Apply glue fillets

to Gear Housing
and Body Tube
joints. Smooth
with finger.

ALIGN

ALIGN

E. Using a modeling knife

and round file, clean out
hole in Nose Cone for
Shock Cord and remove
excess flash.

B. Test fit Ascent Module

openings with Upper
Body Tube.